The Susan W. Thompson Literary Fund, administered by The Savannah Community Foundation, has awarded grants totaling $17,336 to a group of local charitable organizations.

Receiving the awards were:

- Deep Center Inc.

- Horizons at Savannah Country Day School

- Royce Learning Center

- Sojourners of Savannah Inc.

- West Broad Street YMCA

The awards from the Community Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Committee will be used for programs such as writing and literacy classes for disadvantaged youth and seniors, phonics intervention programs, and readiness programs for homeless and low-income women.

The Thompson fund was established by attorney J. Wiley Ellis as executor of the will of Susan W. Thompson, a retired Reader’s Digest editor.

For information on the literary fund, visit savfoundation.org or email to grants@savfoundation.org